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Assessment 

At King Athelstan we:

  • Consider our curriculum's purpose and aims for these subjects, and assess whether pupils are meeting them
  • Assess progress against the key skills set out in the programme of study for each subject
  • Evaluate children’s understanding of vocabulary and their ability to remember key facts and information (‘sticky knowledge’)
  • Use Assessment for Learning (AFL) to support teacher judgments during lessons and at the end of topics using a range of retrieval techniques  
  • Look at pupils’ attitudes and the process that they follow, as well as at the end product that they create
  • Assess children’s higher order thinking skills through their use of Bloom’s Taxonomy success criteria
  • Classify pupils’ progress in all foundation subjects as ‘working towards’, ‘secure’ or ‘working above’ the expected standard for their year group

Click here to see King Athelstan Assessment Rationale

 

Click here to see how we assess foundation subjects

 

 

School calendar

  • O'Keeffe Class Christmas Assembly
    15 December 2025, 2.30pm
  • Matisse Class Christmas Assembly
    15 December 2025, 9.15am
  • Thinker's Project Exhibitions
    16 December 2025, 3.20-3.50pm and 5.30-6pm
  • Y4 trip to the Rose Theatre
    16 December 2025
  • Van Gogh Class Christmas Assembly
    17 December 2025, 9.15am
  • Hockney Class Christmas Assembly
    17 December 2025, 2.30pm
  • Klee Christmas Singing & Crafts
    18 December 2025, 11-11.30AM and 12.30-1PM
  • Break up for Christmas one hour earlier
    19 December 2025

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Term Dates 2025
18 July 2025